Ribbon and lace show-cabinet



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- L. P. LOWRY. V RIBBON AND LACE SHOW CABINET. v No. 264,543. I Patented Sep1;.19, 1882.-

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUOIEN P. LOWRY, OF AURORA, TEXAS.

RIBBON AND LACE SHOWQCABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,543, dated September 19, 18 82.

Application filed June 10, 1882. (No model.) I

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, LUOIEN P. LOWRY, of Aurora, WVise county, Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ribbon and filling the rollers; and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken onthe line w cc of Fig. 2.

A represents the frame, which is placed in the cabinet B. This frame is 'by preference composed of the circular end pieces, ff, fixed upon the central shaft, 1), and tied together by the rods 0 c. Journaled in these circular end piece, ff, are the series of shafts a. a, to which' are fixed the series of flanges c 6. Between these flanges, upon the shafts,are placed loosely the rollers g g, upon which theribbon or lace is to be wound.

h is the key for locking the rollers upon the shaft while being filled. This key consists of a bar or rod of iron or wood of about the same length as the shafts, and is' adapted to be passed through the grooves i, formed in the rollers, and through corresponding passages formed through the flanges, as will be understood from Fig. 2; andj represents the-crank by which the shafts may be turned. This crank is removable, and when not in use may be placed in the cabinet, out of sight.

The cabinet is made with the doors 0 at the back, and the front D is of glass, so thatthe goods may be seen without opening the case and exposing the goods to dust and unneces- -to the shaft and revolve the shaft, which may be done without removing the frame from the cabinet.

Instead of making the frame A a permanent attachment of the cabinetB, a separate frame for supporting the revolving frame A might be provided, which cou ld'be placed in and removed from the cabinet at pleasure. In this case the crank J would be omitted, and the shaft 1), instead of beingjournaled in the sides of the cabinet, as shown, would be journaled in the said separate frame, and the two frames would have to be removed from the cabinet for filling the rolls.

' By the use of this'device the necessity of frequenthandling of the goods is obviated, and much time is saved'in the exhibition of them and in taking account of stock, and the cabinet aids in selling the goods, as they are exhibited by it to greater advantagethan when laid out upon the counter in boxes or kept in boxes placed in an ordinary show-case.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination,with a cabinet, B, ofthe rotary shaft b,journaled in the sides of the cabinet, the end pieces,ff, made fast on said shaft and connected by rods 0, the rotaryshafts (1, arranged between said rods 0 and carrying fixed flanges c, the loose rollers 9 between said flanges, and a hook for each roller, arranged over it on rods 0, as shown and described.

2. The combination of a cabinet, B, having the door L, the loose longitudinally-grooved rollers and shafts g a on a rotary frame, and the rod h, whereby the rollers may be locked for filling, without being removed from the frame, as described.

ucian P. LOWRY.

Witnesses I WILLIAM L. TEAGUE, ALISON W. KILLOUGH. 

